Software Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
My interview experience with Coursera was outstanding!
First, I had a phone interview with a recruiter, followed by a phone screen with the team manager.
After that, I was invited to an onsite interview. The onsite interview consisted of:
- A 2-hour coding exercise, where you bring your own laptop with a pre-configured development environment.
- A single "algorithms" round.
- An "architecture" round.
- Two "behavioral" rounds with managers or the executive team.
You might have to lead the conversation during the behavioral rounds, which can be good; just prepare your questions.
My recruiter was very helpful and responsive during all stages of the interview process. Everyone was super friendly, personal, positive, and excited about the company. I felt very welcomed. Great engineers and very smart people!
Questions
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 14 interview experiences for the Coursera Software Engineer role in Mountain View, California.
Success Rate
Coursera's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Mountain View, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Coursera's Software Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.
Coursera Work Experiences
- 5.0Great place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesMay 24, 2019Pros: Abundance of challenging, high-impact work. Some growing pains both culturally and in the tech stack, but there are a lot of positive signs that we've moved past the main issues and are still dedicated to improve further.Cons: Partners' influence on the product and engineering roadmap feels a bit much.
- 3.0Like Red Bull FlugtagSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesAugust 10, 2020Pros: Remote working. Goals to improve education. Great communications about company goals. Free access to online courses.Cons: An ambitious but inexperienced workforce makes every project cheerful, enormous, clumsy, and poorly executed. Attempts to make real improvements are met with resistance from senior employees that have scant experience outside of Coursera.
- 5.0Great people tackling a huge market with a golden missionSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesJuly 19, 2015Pros: Coursera is opening the world's most elite educational institutions to everyone in the world, and creating opportunities for people to dramatically improve their lives. It's a mission that gets me right out of bed every morning.Cons: The goals are audacious, and the business model is still in flux. This isn't a better mousetrap, like Uber cabs; it's a new configuration of a vast, complex ecosystem.
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